--- title: Apache Storm Reviews meta\_title: 'Apache Storm Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 12 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Apache Storm works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.7 review\_count: 12 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Big Data url: https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data --- # Apache Storm Reviews & Product Details Apache Storm is a free and open source distributed realtime computation system. Storm makes it easy to reliably process unbounded streams of data, doing for realtime processing what Hadoop did for batch processing. * * * Seller [The Apache Software Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-apache-software-foundation) Discussions [Apache Storm Community](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-storm/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 10 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-storm/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Google Cloud Dataflow](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Dataflow") Google Cloud Dataflow 4.2/5(45) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-dataflow/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud BigQuery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud BigQuery") Google Cloud BigQuery 4.5/5(1,224) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) [ ![Microsoft SQL Server](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft SQL Server") Microsoft SQL Server 4.4/5(2,286) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-storm/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 12 real user reviews. Implementation Time 1 month [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Ryan K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ryan K.") RK Ryan K. Product Development & Retail Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/31/2019 "Real Time Processing at its finest" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Storm? If you are needing realtime computing on most newer servers these days, apache storm has it covered, as one of the most reliable frameworks for batch processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Storm? I have used many apache products but getting this set up seemed to take much longer around 4hrs. After figuring everything out we were recommended a list of installation guides and support we wish we had prior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Storm: If you have never used apache before we recommend finding an authorized installer to setup as this would most likely speed up the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Storm solving and how is that benefiting you? Realtime Server Accusation responses. Speeding up network response time from multiple branches within our network of over 200 systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MC Matthew C. CPR/Aed First Aid, BLS instructor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/25/2019 "Apache storm is easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Storm? Storm is easy to use and can be used with any programming language. It also can be used in many cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Storm? I haven’t really found anything that I dislike about it. I am glad to be able to use it and make my life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Storm solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using storm to analyze data and compute it, pretty much, however I need it. It has made my business run smoother and adapt to new things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mark R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mark R.") MR Mark R. Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/20/2018 "Storm gives inbound data processing ease" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Apache Storm? Storm was an easy to deploy aspect for our inbound data processing needs. Easy to customize and printed documentation was plentiful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Storm? Storm lacked some integration options that other non open source solutions offered. Support is not as formal as many other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Apache Storm: Take a look at all industry options as they vary greatly in feature sets and ability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Storm solving and how is that benefiting you? taking our inbound data and triggering system actions on it based on set criteria. Maintaining a solution that was budget friendly and not something that would lock us into a vendor specific path indefinitely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pranamesh C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pranamesh C.") PC Pranamesh C. Graduate Research Assistant Civil Engineering Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/17/2018 "Effective for streaming data analysis" 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Storm? It has a lot of effective easy features to perform streaming data analysis. Handling different data sources is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Storm? Coding is too much sometimes. Would have been useful if some other common languages like Python can be used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Storm solving and how is that benefiting you? We used Storm for handling streaming traffic data. Data handling was very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") GH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/15/2018 "Great real-time computation system " 4/5 What do you like best about Apache Storm? Apache storm is a free and quick real-time computation system! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Apache Storm? It is easy and simple to use but can be a little slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Apache Storm solving and how is that benefiting you? I love that it can be used with any programming language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. 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